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Scuba News ..because we can’t be underwater all the time Archive for February, 2007 « Previous Entries Office Job in Bali Dive Shop Tuesday, February 27th, 2007 AquaMarine Diving - Bali is looking for someone to work in their office, starting April 2007. This is an office/computer/admin position, not a diving job, although you are welcome to learn/dive while you are there. English must be your first language and you must be able to type well. Posted in Diving | Comments Off More Marine Life Discovered under Antarctic Sunday, February 25th, 2007 A voyage to explore the marine life beneath a vast sheet of Antarctic sea ice has enjoyed great success, uncovering new species and terrain ranging from barren to teaming with fast-growing life. The Polarstern expedition found a new species of giant crustacean and sea-cucumbers that had previously only been seen in the deep sea in any number. The investigation was made possible by the collapse of the Larsen ice-sheet in northeast Antarctica. Posted in Diving | Comments Off Australia to Change Lightbulbs to Curb Warming Friday, February 23rd, 2007 Australia will be the world's first country to ban incandescent lightbulbs in a bid to curb Greenhouse gas emissions, with the government saying on Tuesday they would be phased out within three years. Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull said yellow incandescent bulbs, which have been in use virtually unchanged for 125 years, would be replaced by more efficient compact fluorescent bulbs by 2009. Turnbull said the banning of incandescent bulbs would help trim 800,000 tonnes from Australia's current emissions level by 2012 and lower household lighting costs by 66 per cent. Posted in Diving | Comments Off Diving Several Times a Day May Damage the Ear Thursday, February 22nd, 2007 Diving several times a day for several days causes damage to the structures of the ear, Brazilian research suggests. Due to the condition known as middle ear squeeze, scuba diving has become one of the main causes of barotrauma. Barotrauma occurs to air spaces within your body when you move to or from a higher pressure environment. However, when there was a surface interval of 11 hours between dives the damage did not occur. Posted in Diving | Comments Off River Run-Off Threatens Great Barrier Reef Wednesday, February 21st, 2007 Satellite images of Australia's Great Barrier Reef show that sediment from river run-off is threatening the reef at a greater rate than previously realised. The images, taken this month by NASA and U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellites, show sediment creating a hazy cloud over the reef, blocking sunlight and hindering photosynthesis, the process that keeps coral alive. Posted in Diving | Comments Off Update: Dive Operators in Dahab, Red Sea Tuesday, February 20th, 2007 The SCUBA Travel site has increased its coverage of dive centres in Dahab and Nuweiba. Posted in Diving | Comments Off « Previous Entries

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